Baby girl and I had a mama/daughter day out the other day. I got E up kinda early so she wasn't too happy about it. But I finally got a picture of the princess and myself... obviously she wasn't into smiling.
And those rosey cheeks post nap? LOVE.
All this warm weather makes me think that winter is over and Spring is officially here. Which also makes me do this...
Paint
my nails. Colors bright pink/orange.
And, I loveeeeee them.
I made this
pinterest recipe over the weekend, and it actually was a huge struggle. I'm not sure what went wrong, but I followed the
recipe to a T. And somehow, the outside became very dark, and the middle was still mixture {which I did not realized until I flipped it}. So I put it back in, for another 20 minutes, and it finally turned out. Presentation was horrible... however the taste was pretty yummy. Especially with vanilla ice cream.
I am loving the
gorgeous weather this week. And I am loving my outfits that I have thrown together. It gets me
so excited for spring and summer.
Oh HI big girl. So I have to draw attention to my baby's outfit in this picture. Andrew's sister stayed with us over the weekend, and before she came over on Saturday, Andrew was in charge of picking out E's outfit. And what does he bring her down in?
None other than
little white shorts.
Andrew
loves E in shorts. And it cracks me up each and every time.
You know what I am
really loving these days?
Meijer. I haven't been there in seriously a year, but I have totally been missing out on the deals. I found this little beauty on the right as well as another flower piece for $10.00 on clearance!! And they had so many other things on clearance.
It's safe to say I will be making more trips to Meijer in my future.
Easter shopping has begun and is in full force. The other morning, when I went to go pick up my craft supplies {bright and early around 6am}, I also happened to venture past the Easter aisle and absolutely
could not help myself.
She already has a basket full... I might have to add another one to the mix. Oh I am
so looking forward to this holiday!
As I was out shopping for my goodies, I also spotted this little lucky number. How precious you might say. I don't get much into the whole
St. Patty's day holiday... however this? Was very tempting. How could I resist a chance to tease the husband of mine.
So did I buy it? Did I? Your guess.
Go Check out
Casey and all her awesomeness! She's a great blog friend and has featured me on her little blog a time our two!
My root canal is scheduled for today! In fact, come 11:30 I will be
in the hot seat. So I could use all the positive thoughts........
Yes. We did do the back splash ourselves. Actually, it took a lot of convincing from me, but eventually the husband gave in after I showed him some you tube videos. I can't find the original video, but they all have the basic general info. It's actually really easy. Honest.
We purchased our tiling from Home Depot, and it was about a year and a half ago.
Haha ask the husband. That was his gig. But it was a pain. From what I can remember. A lot of "bishing and moaning" about it. But well worth it. Well well worth it. Our cabinets are solid. Old, but solid. So we were able to keep them, save money, and make them look nearly brand new!
We actually paid one of the guys that did some work around the house for us, and we purchased the mount at Best Buy. My dad has mounted his TV, and I know some friends that have too, so it really isn't too hard of a process I don't think.... you totally can do it! The guy just followed the instructions... didn't do anything special. The cords... if you look closely in the picture kind of go down on the side {I just hid them the best that I could... and we connected them all together with special cord ties that you can buy at lowes or wherever}.
Thank you. Andrew and I watched a lot of HGTV. I mean, an unhealthy amount. So we kind of just got some "ideas" from there. Good thing pinterest didn't exist at the time that we were remodeling, because I would have driven myself crazy with ideas. However, now that it does, I want to transform each room yet again!
But as far as we know what to do with each room... we started with the paint color. Then I would decide the "accent color or colors" and we would go shopping. We just kinda threw things together as we went.
We did not have a budget for any room. We just bought things along the way.
Yes, HOME GOODS! Amazing. And overstock.com.
Also - did you make the tissue poms in E's room yourself? I love the way that little corner came out! What did you hang them with? I've made them before, but haven't ever hung them from the ceiling :)
Thanks again for sharing!!
Also (random, I know) did you close off your fireplace, or it is still usable?
Your home is seriously beautiful!! I am looking forward to seeing the other half!
Yes, we did all three. Tape, sand, and repaint. We did a lot of the stuff ourselves {with the help of our family members} and we hired a family friend to do all the electrical, plumbing, etc. The stuff we didn't want to mess with.
HGTV. Now? Pinterest. And just shopping around in home goods gave me a lot of inspiration. I wish I could buy every art piece, accent piece, pillow, etc. The decisions are endless. But just walking around gave me a lot of ideas!